Final matches of the national team of Ukraine within the framework of the qualifying stage for the 2018 World Cup will be served by well-known and reputable brigades of arbitrators.

So, the match of the 8th qualifying round with the participation of "blue-yellow" against the national team of Kosovo was entrusted to the English referee Craig Powson. Help him will be Lee Betts and Ian Hassine. The reserve judge of this confrontation is Martin Atkinson.

For the main arbiter it will be 1 match, which he will judge with the participation of national teams. Prior to this, Pawson worked only on the Champions League qualification games.

It should be noted that this duel will take place on October 6, 2017 in Albania. The beginning of the match at 21:45 Kiev time.

As for the final game of the qualifying round between Croatia and Ukraine, this match will be judged by the German referee Felix Brykh. His assistants will be Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp. Reserve Judge - Bastian Dunkert.

Brykh judged the duel of the European League finals in 2014 and worked on the main match of the Champions League in 2017.

The German already served the meeting with the participation of our team - it was in 2010. Then the national team of Ukraine in the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup won on leaving Kazakhstan with a score of 3: 1.

Recall that the match between Croatia and Ukraine will be held on October 9, 2017 in Kiev at the NSC Olympic. The beginning at 9:45 pm.

After 8 right-wing tours, Andrey Shevchenko's team has 14 points and 4 positions in the standings.